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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Washingtonian (B&O train)
Description	Train # 21, the Washingtonian, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) along the Potomac River near Hansrote, West Virginia, on October 30, 1952. Pulled by a 4-6-2 "Pacific", the Washingtonian was the B&O's last train on the Washington, D.C.–Cumberland, Maryland mainline having a steam locomotive
Source	Photo by William P. Price, reprinted in Baltimore & Ohio Passenger Service, Vol. 2 – Route of the Capitol Limited. Lynchburg, Va.: TLC Publishing, 1997 (ISBN 1-883-089-00X). © TLC Publishing, 1997. All rights reserved.
Article	Washingtonian (B&O train)
Portion used	cropped and uploaded by User:JGHowes
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	It is believed that this reduced, low-resolution version depicting the Washingtonian train in operation is permissible Fair Use solely for the Wikipedia article about the Washingtonian because: it portrays this historically significant named passenger train, which operated on the B&O from the 1940s to 1956 and was the last train at this B&O mainline location having a steam locomotive; as a greatly reduced, low-resolution version, this image is non-reproducible for commercial purposes. use of this low-resolution version does not diminish the value of the original media to the copyright holder nor interfere with the media's original purpose, nor will it dilute the importance or recognition of this image in connection with the copyright-holder. it meets all criteria in WP:NFCC.
Replaceable?	Not replaceable. It is a unique, non-reproducible historic event and no free alternatives are known to exist or can be created, as the train is no longer in operation and the B&O no longer exists as a corporate entity.

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on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

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